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UK weather: Temperatures to drop after dreary start to November | UK News

It may be time to dig out the winter woollies, according to the Met Office, as the UK starts to feel chillier this week.

After a dreary start to November with fog, drizzle and low cloud, this weekend will bring clearer skies and lower temperatures.

Frosts are expected in north Wales, the north and north-west England, and Scotland on Tuesday night, with daily highs of between 8C in Scotland and 11C in the south forecast over the next few days.

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Northerly breezes could also bring an extra wind chill from Saturday, with a chance of snow in places like the Scottish Highlands.

Met Office meteorologist Zoe Hutin said: “It is getting chillier, certainly in the overnight periods, but also by day as well.

“It’s thanks to the clearer sky – I’m sure we’re all grateful for a little bit of sunshine today – and also the northerly wind is pushing slightly cold air across the British Isles.

“There is a chance of seeing some snow from the weekend onwards, but nowhere that we wouldn’t expect to see at this time of year.”

She said snow in London is “not entirely out of the question” but there is a “very, very low probability”.

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“I think it’s pretty confident to say that it’s unlikely to see snow in the south of England,” Ms Hutin said.

Many weather stations across England and east Wales have seen no sunshine at all in the first eight days of this month.

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Forecasters dubbed the bleak weather “anticyclonic gloom”.

The Met Office has said the phenomenon led to the UK experiencing, on average, only three hours of sunshine in the whole of the seven days up to Thursday last week.

Can spending time abroad help Starmer’s domestic agenda? | Politics News

Is Sir Keir Starmer destined to become a foreign-policy focused prime minister, at least for the foreseeable future?

Can photocalls, handshakes, and meetings in airless rooms with fellow leaders translate into domestic wins for the prime minister?

And since Wednesday morning, does the return of Donald Trump to the White House, with the risks that poses for global stability and the domestic economy, mean he has little choice?

That is the flavour of the questions facing Sir Keir today after he walked up the plane steps to resume globetrotting, spending the morning in Paris meeting President Macron before a further five-hour flight to the COP29 climate change summit in the oil-rich capital of Azerbaijan, Baku.

For he is in a hurry to introduce himself to the world, and his recent diary is a stark reminder of just how much he has been abroad. The PM has been out of the country 22 of the 77 days from 1 September to next Wednesday when he returns from a four-day trip to the G20 in Brazil.

All of this is a conscious choice.

Starmer wants to be known as a British prime minister who has chosen to step up on the world stage, in a way that Rishi Sunak, for instance, showed little interest in.

It also comes just at the point when other natural allies – leaders of Germany and France for example – are consumed by domestic political strife and have limited bandwidth for global problems.

Many will think that the PM’s attempt to “reset” relations, as Number 10 brand it, is a good thing.

But the scale of Sir Keir’s globe trotting is starting to be noticed by focus groups, according to Luke Tryll of More in Common, who said it was beginning to be brought up spontaneously in focus groups, so it needs to be confronted and explained.

“There maybe good reasons for that, but it suggests at very least a need to communicate why it’s important he’s abroad so much,” argues Tryll.

That is what the PM sought to do today on the plane to Baku. There is no denial he’s spending a fair amount of time out of the country. Instead, Sir Keir argues it is in the national interest and will help him achieve domestic priorities. He told me that, in some senses, his location was not an issue.

“The question is not where I am… The question is what am I spending my time doing,” he said.

Executing his promise to “smash the gangs” is his case study in why he needs to be abroad so much.

He argues that he is pushing domestic enforcement agencies to work harder to break the people smuggling chains and engage with their foreign counterparts.

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Is Starmer spending too much time abroad?

But simultaneously he wants these foreign counterparts to be engaging effectively, and the only way to do this is to put pressure one on one with his equivalents overseas.

“I find the most effective way to have discussion about bearing down on the gangs is to have it on the leader-to-leader level, and that’s what I’ve been doing,” he said.

There has been a raised eyebrow from some in Whitehall at the sheer scale of the foreign travel, however, at a time when there is so much else to do.

Much of the timing, of international summits for instance, is out of his hands – although the duration he’s at any one event is clearly in Number 10’s control.

Some worry that he’s out of the country before the team supporting his domestic agenda has been finalised – there is still no replacement for the cabinet secretary, and policy team appointments continued as recently as this weekend.

Meanwhile, much of the travel has taken place before the new national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, was appointed on Friday.

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The second question is whether the UK is making progress on its agenda, and even the extent to which the British government knows what it wants.

As some in Europe seek to roll back on green promises and even appease Donald Trump and avoid tariffs, does the UK move closer or further from the EU approach?

Is the arrival of the next president a moment to break free from Europe, or move closer to the EU than Starmer previously signalled. “Is the goal just engagement, or is there policy beyond this goal?”, one member of the government asked.

This remains hazy, as the shape of the new EU-UK relationship hoped for by Britain remains sketchy, while foreign wars already drive wedges with allies.

Sir Keir Starmer would argue that we will see the results of his handiwork. Whether at home or abroad, so long as he delivers on his promises, the public is likely to be forgiving.

Ralph Fairhurst: Edinburgh hit-and-run driver who sent pedestrian more than 10m in the air jailed | UK News

A speeding driver has been jailed for four-and-a-half years over a hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian in Edinburgh.

Ralph Fairhurst, 26, was driving more than twice the 20mph speed limit when he struck Kyle Middlemas, 20, as he crossed Easter Road on 19 June 2022.

A court heard how Mr Middlemas was thrown 10m-20m in the air in the collision and died in hospital 10 days later after sustaining serious head and chest injuries.

University student Fairhurst fled the scene of the crash in his Vauxhall Astra but was traced by Police Scotland officers later that day.

At the High Court in Edinburgh in September, Fairhurst pleaded guilty to causing Mr Middlemas’s death by driving dangerously by travelling at excessive speed and failing to maintain proper observations of the road ahead.

He also admitted failing to stop after the collision.

Advocate depute Chris McKenna told the court that Mr Middlemas had started work as a painter and decorator, but was trained in first aid, swimming coaching and as a lifeguard and planned to seek employment in that line of work.

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Defence counsel Mark Stewart KC said he was instructed to tender “the deepest and most sincere sympathies of the accused to the family and friends of the deceased”.

The defence lawyer added Fairhurst “simply did not see the deceased” but was aware that he had collided with something.

“At that time it was thought it was perhaps street furniture. He ought to have stopped,” he said.

Fairhurst, of Edinburgh, was jailed by Lord Young when he appeared at the High Court in Glasgow for sentencing on Thursday.

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Following the court case, Road Policing Sergeant Paul Ewing said: “Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of the young man that lost his life, and I hope that the sentencing brings them some comfort and allows them to move forward.

“Ralph Fairhurst showed absolutely no regard for the law and his reckless actions highlight the devastating consequences of dangerous driving and the lasting impact it has on those involved, along with their families and friends.”

Dartford Crossing: Drivers fined millions by mistake over busy crossing | UK News

Millions in incorrect fines were mistakenly handed to drivers over a major route in the UK in 12 months, according to a new investigation.

Figures obtained by the PA news agency show National Highways cancelled 59,007 fines at the Dartford Crossing, which connects Thurrock in Essex with Dartford in Kent.

These penalty charge notices amount to £4.1m combined at the point of issue, as each cost £70, reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days.

Just 3,595 fines were issued in the previous 12 months, the year before National Highways switched to a new provider to manage payments there.

Dr Jenny Dunne, 64, was charged 34 times in the seven months to late April for crossings she didn’t make, partly because a car with a number plate similar to hers – with a 3 instead of a 1 – was incorrectly identified.

“I had no idea what was happening. At the beginning I got quite upset,” she said.

“I thought my number plate had been cloned so I contacted the police. It turned out the cameras were faulty. It’s taken an awful lot of my time and wasted a lot of my energy.”

A National Highways spokesman said it has apologised to Dr Dunne since discovering an article was being written.

Private firm Conduent was awarded a £150m contract by National Highways to manage crossing payments from 28 July last year.

After then, there were reports of drivers fined or charged when a vehicle with a similar plate used the crossing.

National Highways said it has “resolved the issues”.

Crossings made between 6am and 10pm are chargeable and the fees – known as the Dart Charge – must be paid by midnight the day after the crossing.

Fines are given to those who do not pay, with automatic number plate recognition cameras detecting vehicles on the crossing.

Issues ‘resolved’

More than 55 million journeys are made on the crossing each year, with about two million fines processed for non-payment, and the Dartford Crossing connects with the M25, one of the busiest motorways in Europe.

National Highways said there were “technical issues with the transition to the new service providers”.

“We understand that anything associated with finances can be stressful, and we apologise for the inconvenience that these customers have faced,” the group said.

“In the minority of circumstances where PCNs are issued in error, the charge will be cancelled as soon as a customer contacts us to let us know.”

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The organisation also claimed they have “resolved” the issues and “seen the errors reduce to less than 1% of all PCNs issued”.

Conduent declined to comment.

Minute’s silence cut short as Celtic fans sing through tribute in protest over British establishment ‘hypocrisy’ | UK News

A minute’s silence for Remembrance Sunday was cut short by the referee at a Celtic match as the club’s fans chanted in protest at Britain’s “hypocrisy”.

Celtic fans held up banners ahead of the tribute at Kilmarnock reading: “From Balfour to Starmer, the crimes of the empire live on, Britain is committing genocide in Gaza.”

When referee Nick Walsh blew his whistle to start the silence, Celtic fans sang about the death of Aidan McAnespie, who was shot by a British soldier in County Tyrone in 1988.

Walsh whistled to halt the tribute as the chanting continued.

A Celtic fans group – who were situated where the banners were unfurled – later explained their reasons for the protest.

A statement from North Curve Celtic said: “Today, on Armistice Day, we highlight the hypocrisy and shame of the British establishment and others who selectively mourn the loss of life and fail to support an armistice to the ongoing genocide in Palestine.”

Speaking after the game, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said the tribute should have been completed.

“I think if it’s a minute silence, it should be a minute,” he said. “You guys know the script up here at this time of the year. It’s always a challenge.

“But if it’s a minute silence, it’s a minute silence. I think we all want to respect that. And we understand that some don’t. So it can be a divisive one.

“Like I say, I understand but really, my chat is for the football and that’s something else that sits outside of that, sadly.”

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Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes said he thought it was “awful”.

“Awful. Why? I’m not going into it, I’m not a politician or anything but it’s our ground, it’s our minute’s silence,” he said.

“I don’t get why we shouldn’t have the wherewithal just to stand and show a bit of respect for one minute.”

UK ‘not the target’ of Trump’s tariffs as free trade deal talks could be back on the cards, says expert | Politics News

The UK is “not the target” of potential US tariffs after Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, a trade expert has told Sky News.

Duncan Edwards, the chief executive of BritishAmerican Business, said Mr Trump‘s return to the White House could also mean fresh free trade agreement talks with the US.

Discussions stalled under Joe Biden due to the current president’s concerns over Northern Ireland and the legality of post-Brexit regulations.

President-elect Trump has frequently mentioned his support for trade tariffs.

He said they could increase revenues, and also encourage internal US trade rather than using international markets.

“Well, the first thing to say is the UK is not the target,” Mr Edwards said.

“And there will be an opportunity for the UK to re-enter trade negotiations as they did four years ago.

“And let’s see if they’re practical and agile about how they approach that process… they have a chance of an agreement.”

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Mr Trump wants to impose the highest tariffs on China.

He said before he won the 5 November election that he would raise tariffs on Chinese goods to 60% and impose a “universal” tax of at least 10% on imports from other countries.

One US governor – Democrat Phil Murphy of New Jersey – believes Mr Trump will not impose tariffs on the UK.

Speaking to Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on Sky News, Treasury minister Darren Jones said the UK was considering “lots of different scenarios”.

He added that his government’s position was to “support free trade” – including between the United States and United Kingdom.

Mr Jones said: “It’s a very strong, very fruitful relationship, both for us but also for the American economy and of course we want to protect that and strengthen it in the years ahead.”

He added: “And I think President-elect Trump has said that.

“He recognises the important relationship the US has with the UK, and that’s the basis on which we will be co-operating in future years.”

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There were several rounds of free trade negotiations between the UK and the US under the last Trump administration.

However, with President Biden pulling support for such a deal, the UK has in the meantime signed agreements with various states, including Texas and Florida.

Talk of a trade deal with the US might raise the spectre of issues like “chlorinated chicken” being allowed into the UK.

Mr Edwards said that, due to the wide support Mr Trump has in agricultural areas, any deal would likely need to allow US food products into the UK – and vice versa.

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“That’s where the political difficulty will be,” he said – while insisting US food was safe.

He said chlorinated chicken was “a shorthand”, and that the difference between food standards was “not a safety issue” and would make groceries cheaper.

Car plunges into River Dart at Dartmouth leaving driver seriously injured | UK News

A car has plunged into the River Dart leaving the driver seriously injured, police say.

The vehicle was reported to have gone into the water opposite the Dartmouth Lifeboat Centre at around 8.40am on Sunday, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

The “sole occupant” of the car was found seriously injured by emergency services, the force added.

People are being asked to avoid the area while the embankment is closed.

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Tributes paid to ‘brave’ Briton, 22, killed while fighting in Ukraine | UK News

Tributes have been paid to a “brave” 22-year-old British man who was killed while fighting in Ukraine. 

Callum Tindal-Draper, from Gunnislake, Cornwall, died while serving with the foreign volunteer platoon in the country’s struggle against Russia.

It is believed he was defending an observation point when he was killed on 5 November.

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Callum’s mother Caroline Tindal said in a post on Facebook that “he fought till he could no longer hold them off any more”.

“His platoon are calling him a ‘hero’ and ‘as brave as they come’,” she said.

“22 is a young age. But you lived and died following your heart, soul and morals.

“May you rest in peace and help watch over those who have passed.”

Mr Tindal-Draper was a former student of Duchy College, in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall.

In a tribute on Facebook, the college’s Military and Protective Services Academy said he was a “model student” with a “strong moral compass”.

“He was a passionate, articulate and bright student, who was keen to learn,” the post said.

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“He was very proud of his family history in the services,” the post added.

“He was well-liked and respected by his peers, and was not one to shy away from causes he believed in and was instrumental in collecting the three minibus loads of humanitarian equipment for civilians that the learners gathered when the war in Ukraine initially kicked off.”

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The post said Mr Tindal-Draper worked for the NHS after finishing the course.

A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “We are aware that a British national has reportedly died in Ukraine and stand ready to assist the family in the UK.”

Prince William aiming to carry out duties with ‘a smaller R in the royal’ | UK News

Prince William has given his clearest indication to date of how he thinks the monarchy should work – by doing his duties with “a smaller R in the royal”.

The Prince of Wales spoke about how he is “trying to do it differently” as he prepared to leave Cape Town after his week-long South Africa tour, adding he thought there should be “more empathetic leadership around the world”.

Asked about whether he is consciously doing tours and royal engagements in a different way, William said: “I can only describe what I’m trying to do, and that’s trying to do it differently and I’m trying to do it for my generation.

“And to give you more of an understanding around it, I’m doing it with maybe a smaller R in the royal, if you like, that’s maybe a better way of saying it.”

Elaborating on what that meant to him, the 42-year-old said: “So it’s more about impact philanthropy, collaboration, convening, and helping people.

“And I’m also going to throw empathy in there as well, because I really care about what I do. It helps impact people’s lives. And I think we could do with some more empathetic leadership around the world.”

Speaking about his specific environmental and homelessness projects, as well as possibly his future role ahead, the first-in-line to the throne said: “So that’s what I’m trying to bring, that’s what Catherine is trying to bring as well.

“And I sit here right now doing Earthshot and doing all the projects I’m doing, like Homewards as well. And who knows what’s going to come next, but it all centres around those values of trying to help deliver change and make those lives better.”

06/11/2024. Cape Town, South Africa. The Prince of Wales attends the Earthshot Prize Awards 2024 at the Green Point Shared Fields in Cape Town. His Royal Highness joined innovators, policy makers and internationally renowned talent to celebrate the 2024 cohort of fifteen global Finalists before the five Winners were announced. Picture by Andrew Parsons / Kensington Palace
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A ‘brutal’ year

In the same interview, Prince William had spoken about how “brutal” the past year had been, with his wife and father diagnosed with cancer.

Asked if Kate may potentially be joining him for more engagements and visits, he hinted at more overseas travel.

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“I think hopefully Catherine will be doing a bit more next year, so, we’ll have some more trips maybe lined up”.

But when asked about the children joining them for more duties, he added: “Family-wise, you’ll have to wait a little bit longer because obviously they’re at school and I think that takes priority (over) everything else.”

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Prince William spoke at the end of his tour in South Africa to celebrate the fourth year of his annual Earthshot Prize.

On Saturday night, he was joined by the Princess of Wales as they arrived at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

British teenage girl in intensive care after paraglider lands on her during last lunch of holiday | UK News

A British teenage girl is in intensive care with severe injuries after a paraglider landed on her during the last lunch of her holiday.

Lyndsey Logan was on holiday in Turkey with her two daughters when the accident took place.

On the last day of their trip, they decided to go out for lunch before flying back to Newcastle that evening.

However, as they ate at their table, a man who was paragliding landed on Ms Logan’s 15-year-old daughter Lily.

The mother said her daughter was left with a broken jaw, broken ribs, bleeding on the brain and a possible broken back, as well as suffering a stroke.

However, Ms Logan had not taken out travel insurance ahead of the holiday and said she now faces a medical bill worth thousands, if not tens of thousands of pounds, to cover Lily’s care.

Speaking to The Sun, Ms Logan said she thought Lily had died during the incident.

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Describing what happened, she told the outlet: “We were meant to fly home at 7.30pm, so we went down for our last lunch together, having nice English food.

“I just remember Lily just eating, biting into a slice of pizza and this paraglider just came from nowhere and just totally wiped her out over the table.

“She face-planted the table and we tried to get her up… I thought she was dead.”

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A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson told Sky News: “We are providing support to a British girl and her family following an accident in Turkey.”